Small (short) is better

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Most of my read­ers know that I cling to the credo, “short is sweet.” This relates to “less is more” concept.

Most of the time, com­put­ers get bet­ter. Apple updated their Mac­Book Pro line in Octo­ber 2008. This was their first sig­nif­i­cant visual redesign since the first Power­Book G4, which came out in Jan­u­ary 2001! And it was bet­ter in almost every way. They made some of the design ele­ments smaller. You can see the power but­ton and speaker holes shrunk by large per­cent­ages. I think it was a pos­i­tive move.

Take­away: When you write for your blog, mag­a­zine, news­pa­per, or what­ever — see how few words you can use to make your point. Your read­ers will silently thank you.

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